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Sunshine Challenge #7
Jul. 25th, 2021 10:40 pmPrompt 7: Zephyrus
The child of Dawn (Eos) and the Titan Astraeus, Zephyrus represents the West wind. Zephyrus was considered to be the gentlest of the Anemoi (wind gods representing the cardinal points of the compass), and the beneficial bringer of Spring. The gentle springtime winds of the West indicated an end to Winter and the new growth of plants and flowers.
We get quite a lot of wind here in flat, flat Norfolk (tho' I do live on a hill, *the* hill, possibly), and most of it is from the west, more or less, but the noticeable winds are the ones which come from the north instead, or the east, bringing snow. Never mind about them.
The beneficial bringer of Spring and new growth, though, that's nice. I like Spring. When I was a teenager Autumn was my favourite season, but nowadays, although I still love the brilliant colours of the leaves, I think Spring has overtaken it. There's something so heart-warming about seeing the first snowdrops poke their heads up, and then crocuses and daffodils, and the new green on the trees.
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Some fics, loosely related to Spring and/or New Beginnings:
A Tale of Dreams and Asses which is about a reunion, aka a new beginning.
Free Range Utter crack... in which AJ has an allergy, and whenever he sneezes, he lays an egg. JC (his boyfriend) is sceptical.
Out of the Habit in which someone isn't altogether suited to life as a monk.
Trials is part of the Chronicles series, and is set at the springtime Elite Trials.
The Things that Juliana Didn't Say A TNG story about Data's childhood.
By Invitation Only another TNG story, in which Data nearly gets married and has a baby.
The child of Dawn (Eos) and the Titan Astraeus, Zephyrus represents the West wind. Zephyrus was considered to be the gentlest of the Anemoi (wind gods representing the cardinal points of the compass), and the beneficial bringer of Spring. The gentle springtime winds of the West indicated an end to Winter and the new growth of plants and flowers.
We get quite a lot of wind here in flat, flat Norfolk (tho' I do live on a hill, *the* hill, possibly), and most of it is from the west, more or less, but the noticeable winds are the ones which come from the north instead, or the east, bringing snow. Never mind about them.
The beneficial bringer of Spring and new growth, though, that's nice. I like Spring. When I was a teenager Autumn was my favourite season, but nowadays, although I still love the brilliant colours of the leaves, I think Spring has overtaken it. There's something so heart-warming about seeing the first snowdrops poke their heads up, and then crocuses and daffodils, and the new green on the trees.
( Read more... )
Some fics, loosely related to Spring and/or New Beginnings:
A Tale of Dreams and Asses which is about a reunion, aka a new beginning.
Free Range Utter crack... in which AJ has an allergy, and whenever he sneezes, he lays an egg. JC (his boyfriend) is sceptical.
Out of the Habit in which someone isn't altogether suited to life as a monk.
Trials is part of the Chronicles series, and is set at the springtime Elite Trials.
The Things that Juliana Didn't Say A TNG story about Data's childhood.
By Invitation Only another TNG story, in which Data nearly gets married and has a baby.